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A SEASON OF SERVICE

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 Sister Wade scrubbing the Temple Hill bathroom floors        A   SEASON  OF  SERVICE  On May 5,2022, our mission service as the Sacramento Temple Grounds Caretakers ended. After 20 months there, plus our 10 months in Kiev, Ukraine, we had been missionaries for 2 ½ years. Like all mission endings, we left with mixed emotions. We were excited for the future yet sad to leave the many friends and experiences we had come to know and love. We asked ourselves- What lessons have we learned? What experiences have we had to better prepare us for the future? What insights have we gained that in sharing, could benefit those we love? (you!) 1- We learned the same lesson shared by king Benjamin with his people in the Book of Mormon ( Mosiah 2:17,18)   “and behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.”…”ought not ye to labor to serve one another ?” We learned that th